Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
*Overview*
As a recipient of the 2023 TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund grant, Neue Galerie New York is restoring one of its most beloved pictures, gifted to the museum by the Manley family in 2006: Egon Schiele’s (1890–1918) "Town Among Greenery (The Old City III)" from 1917. Broadly known for his raw and intense figural work, landscapes comprise approximately one-third of Schiele’s painted oeuvre. "Town Among Greenery" is distinct among his landscapes due to its prominent scale and the inclusion of figures. The painting is an imaginative view of the medieval town of Krumau in Bohemia, the birthplace of Schiele’s mother and a rich source of inspiration for his landscape pictures.
In this talk, the panelists will discuss this painting in the context of Schiele’s work, its condition, and the examination techniques that will be employed to learn about the artist’s working method.
The painting is in a largely untouched state of preservation. Close study of the canvas and its painted surfaces, augmented by scientific analysis and technical imaging, may yield insights into Schiele’s use of pigments, his painted surfaces, and his approach to painting. The primary objectives of the planned treatment are to stabilize areas of lifting paint and to reduce several distortions in the canvas.
*Panelists*
*Shawn Digney-Peer* — Conservator, Paintings Conservation Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Nora W. Kennedy* — Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Photograph Conservation Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Janis Staggs* — Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications, Neue Galerie New York
*Ellen Nigro* — Assistant Paintings Conservator
This TEFAF Talk was presented by ICOM-CC as part of TEFAF New York’s programming and took place on May 13, 2023
View full TEFAF Programming overview at tefaf.com/talks
*Overview*
As a recipient of the 2023 TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund grant, Neue Galerie New York is restoring one of its most beloved pictures, gifted to the museum by the Manley family in 2006: Egon Schiele’s (1890–1918) "Town Among Greenery (The Old City III)" from 1917. Broadly known for his raw and intense figural work, landscapes comprise approximately one-third of Schiele’s painted oeuvre. "Town Among Greenery" is distinct among his landscapes due to its prominent scale and the inclusion of figures. The painting is an imaginative view of the medieval town of Krumau in Bohemia, the birthplace of Schiele’s mother and a rich source of inspiration for his landscape pictures.
In this talk, the panelists will discuss this painting in the context of Schiele’s work, its condition, and the examination techniques that will be employed to learn about the artist’s working method.
The painting is in a largely untouched state of preservation. Close study of the canvas and its painted surfaces, augmented by scientific analysis and technical imaging, may yield insights into Schiele’s use of pigments, his painted surfaces, and his approach to painting. The primary objectives of the planned treatment are to stabilize areas of lifting paint and to reduce several distortions in the canvas.
*Panelists*
*Shawn Digney-Peer* — Conservator, Paintings Conservation Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Nora W. Kennedy* — Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Photograph Conservation Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
*Janis Staggs* — Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications, Neue Galerie New York
*Ellen Nigro* — Assistant Paintings Conservator
This TEFAF Talk was presented by ICOM-CC as part of TEFAF New York’s programming and took place on May 13, 2023
View full TEFAF Programming overview at tefaf.com/talks
